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Margaret Thatcher receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991. Margaret Thatcher received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included a peerage, membership of the Order of the Garter, the Order of Saint John and the Order of Merit, along with numerous other British and foreign honours.
Margaret Thatcher: 7 December 1990: 13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013: Politician, Prime Minister 159. Dame Joan Sutherland: 29 November 1991: 7 November 1926 – 10 October 2010: Soprano: 160. Francis Crick: 27 November 1991: 8 June 1916 – 28 July 2004: Biologist 161. Dame Ninette de Valois: 17 November 1992: 6 June 1898 – 8 March 2001 ...
Margaret Thatcher was granted the Order of Merit at the same time, [6] [7] and was made a life peer after she stood down as an MP in 1992. Later in 1992, Sir Denis Thatcher petitioned for and obtained a grant of arms from the College of Arms for himself and his successors in the baronetcy; at the same time, Baroness Thatcher also received a ...
Two weeks after her resignation, Thatcher was appointed Member of the Order of Merit (OM) by the Queen. Her husband Denis was made a hereditary baronet at the same time; [426] as his wife, Thatcher was entitled to use the honorific style "Lady", [427] an automatically conferred title that she declined to use.
The Order of Merit (French: Ordre du Mérite) [n 1] is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science ...
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H. Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey; Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax; Thomas Hardy; Cyril N. Hinshelwood; Christopher Hinton, Baron Hinton of Bankside
At St Paul's, the coffin was carried into the cathedral by members of the Armed Forces and borne down the nave preceded by her grandchildren, Michael and Amanda, who carried cushions bearing Thatcher's insignia of the Order of the Garter and the Order of Merit. The bidding (introductory words) was given by the Dean of St Paul's, David Ison.